I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, So I’ll Max Out My Defense

Chapter 310: Chapter 311: What is inside the nightglow cup?
Translator: 549690339

“Sect Master Zhen, this…”

“The senior that was just here has also been sucked in.”

“He won’t encounter any mishaps, will he?”

The cultivators asked with a stutter, as a Mahayana Realm expert had just silently been absorbed by the altar’s eerie force, and they couldn’t shake the feeling that something was amiss.

“Hehe, rest assured, how could a cultivator of the Mahayana Realm die so easily? Once Li Xiaobai is killed, we will open the altar and bring him out,” said the Three Sects’ Sect Masters with a laugh, signaling everyone to stay calm.

“Today, Li Xiaobai will not escape his fate, and all the Sect Masters and Elders present have seen this. This man is indeed wickedly powerful; even Mahayana Realm cultivators cannot harm him. The incidents involving our disciples were certainly not accidents.”

“However, our Array Formation Sect has opened the altar and forcibly suppressed him for everyone’s sake, which should account for the situation.”

Zhen Tiannan spoke in a grave tone.

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the surrounding cultivators darkened terribly, finding the Array Formation Sect unbearably shameless. If they didn’t want to provide compensation, they should have just said so. Why exaggerate Li Xiaobai’s strength deliberately?

And they made it seem as if their side had struggled greatly. It seemed they hadn’t expended much effort in opening the altar, yet they acted as if they had undergone a life-and-death experience.

Those who didn’t know any better might think they had paid a great price!

But they didn’t say much more, as Li Xiaobai’s strangeness was widely acknowledged, and even Mahayana Realm cultivators were at their wits’ end with him.

The loss of their disciples was not in vain, fortunately, as it had revealed the Array Formation Sect’s foundation. Suppressing a member of the Sea Clan within the Three Sects and learning this secret meant their loss wasn’t too great.

The big shots exchanged pleasantries before departing one after another. They needed to report this secret: a suppressed member of the Sea Clan with unfathomable cultivation and likely in possession of many treasures. If they could somehow seize these treasures for themselves, their strength would surge.

Even if they only managed to kill the being, they could obtain powerful Demonic Beast materials. Such an opportunity was not something they would allow the Three Sects to monopolize.

The battle for interests had already begun.

Watching the figures leaving, Zhen Tiannan and his companions sneered. These people were so easy to read. They were louder than anyone when their disciples died, but after they got what they wanted and learned of the Array Formation Sect’s secrets, they suddenly became cold and indifferent.

Such greedy manners were unsightly. Did they really think they could snatch away the Three Sects’ possessions?

Walking leisurely to the altar, he picked up the nightglow cup and sniffed it by his nose.

His brows involuntarily furrowed. Something about the scent was off. The blood essence from before was filled with immense energy, but the substance in the nightglow cup now only had a strange odor.

Moreover, it was yellow and viscous, with no trace of blood essence to be seen.

Could it be that the Sea Clan below had provided some new benefit?

But they had never seen such an item before. How should it be used—applied externally or ingested internally?

“What do you make of this? This time, what that fellow offered doesn’t seem to be blood essence. Sect Master Zhong, do you recognize this substance?”

Zhen Tiannan passed the nightglow cup to the others for examination.

“From its appearance, this substance is yellow, which indicates it is of the earth element, and it’s viscous with a pungent odor. If I’m not mistaken, this should have the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying,” Zhong Daoquan commented without disgust, scrutinizing the item carefully. But this analysis only deepened their confusion; why would the other party offer them something with such properties?

Could it be Divine Medicine, capable of bringing the dead to life and regenerating flesh and bones at a critical moment?

Yan Xiaoqi took the nightglow cup and stirred it with his finger, then put the finger in his mouth and sucked on it to taste thoroughly.

In an instant, his expression stiffened and his entire face turned the color of liver, veins on his hand bulging as the nightglow cup instantly turned to dust.

“Sect Master Yan, what are you doing?”

Zhen Tiannan was furious. The Sea Clan had provided them with treasures, and to see them wasted like this was intolerable. If not for the fact that the other was Sect Master of the Array Formation Sect, he would have already made his move.

“I bought a watch last year, and you sons of bitches are truly talented, turning a piece of shit into antipoison medicine and messing with my sect like this!”

Yan Xiaoqi’s rage grew even greater as he had directly swallowed it earlier, and the taste was simply indescribable.

He felt like killing someone!

Hearing this, Zhen Tiannan and Zhong Daoquan were also dumbfounded, staring blankly at the puddle of yellow mud on the ground, unable to fathom how it could be shit.

“Zhong Daoquan, it’s absurd that you, as the Elixir Sect Master who has practiced alchemy for decades, have essentially gone to the dogs. I’d really like to stuff all of this crap into your mouth!”

The more Yan Xiaoqi thought about it, the angrier he got; here he was, the distinguished Qi Sect Sect Master, a revered and accomplished figure, forced to eat shit in this place. It was a good thing no one else saw him, or he would have been ready to take his own life.

Zhong Daoquan’s complexion changed unpredictably, and after careful discernment, he realized that Yan Xiaoqi was right—he really had wasted his life away.

Worse than a dog, for even dogs know what shit is, yet he mistook someone’s excrement for treasure—truly blind.

But it wasn’t entirely his fault; with the atmosphere built up like this, who would have thought it wasn’t an offering from the Sea Clan?

“I recall Li Xiaobai having a chicken with him?”

Zhen Tiannan said gloomily.

“It must be that damn chicken, daring to shit and piss on the altar. I’m going to stew it!”

Yan Xiaoqi’s face twisted with anger as he ground out the words through clenched teeth.

“Sect Master Yan, calm down. That chicken must be long gone now. As long as we keep silent about this incident, no one will ever know.”

“Let’s head back first. In a few days, we’ll come back to exact our benefits from the Sea Clan.”

“Ah, well, let’s settle things with the other sects first. So many lives were lost this time; it’s not going to be easy to cover up. I fear some old-timers are going to make a fuss again.”

“Right, once word about the Sea Clan’s business gets out, our Three Sects will be in high demand.”

As they spoke, their fleeing lights flashed, and the three vanished into the horizon.

At the same time.

Within the small world, two men and a chicken fell to the ground.

Li Xiaobai got up from the ground and looked around. It was eerily quiet, with only a vast lake around them, smooth as a mirror.

“Well done, lad, still alive. Where are we?”

The elder beside him also stood up, frowning and surveying the surroundings. He had been ambushed by the Three Sects, obviously meant to be buried alongside Li Xiaobai.

“Ahem, senior, I was just sucked in here too. As you can see, there’s a pond over there.”

Li Xiaobai said dryly.

“I’m not blind, I saw it long ago. And then what?”

The elder said irritably, feeling extremely annoyed with Li Xiaobai. However, he suppressed the murderous intent in his heart; this guy seemed to have some strange methods, and in this unfamiliar place, he might prove to be useful.

Not to mention, at a critical moment, it’s perfectly fine to have someone to act as a scapegoat.

“Senior, there is only one pond here.”

Li Xiaobai cleared his throat and emphasized again.

“And then what?”

The elder stared at Li Xiaobai, speaking slowly and deliberately.

“Then, how about senior explores it a bit?”